Books

20+ results found
Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Stealing Heaven Stealing Heaven Elizabeth Scott My name is Danielle. I'm eighteen. I've been stealing things for as long as I can remember.Dani has been trained as a thief by the best—her mother. Together, they move from town to town, targeting we… OL12048488W
Kit Feeny is on the move! Kit Feeny is on the move! Michael Townsend When plucky Kit Feeny moves to a new town, he immediately makes an enemy of the sadistic school bully and must struggle to find friends who share his interests. OL13617430W
A haunted house in Starvation Lake A haunted house in Starvation Lake Gloria Whelan The community of Starvation Lake helps fourth-grader Dawn Zonder clean and repair an old house, hoping that her family will find the money to be able to move in. OL14866565W
Howie Bowles, secret agent Howie Bowles, secret agent Kate Banks Third-grader Howie Bowles copes with having to change schools twice in one year by pretending to be a secret agent named Agent Bean Burger. OL155916W
Deliver us from Normal Deliver us from Normal Kate Klise With a mother who buys Christmas cards in August and a younger brother who describes the Trinity as a toasted marshmallow on a graham cracker, life for eleven-year-old Charles Harrisong is anything b… OL15835737W
The Garden Wall The Garden Wall Phyllis Limbacher Tildes Already unhappy that his family has moved from the country to the city, Tim is not pleased when his new neighbor turns out to be not only a girl, but also deaf. OL1808591W
The tree of here The tree of here Chaim Potok Jason is upset that he has to move for the third time in five years, but he gains comfort from his favorite tree and from the gift of a young tree that he can take with him to his new home. OL1812104W
Gina Gina Bernard Waber When Gina moves to a new apartment building, she discovers that there are plenty of boys but no girls her own age to play with. OL1815394W
Alexander, who's not (Do you hear me? I mean it!) Going to move Alexander, who's not (Do you hear me? I mean it!) Going to move Judith Viorst Angry Alexander refuses to move away if it means having to leave his favorite friends and special places. OL1931970W
Cranberry moving day Cranberry moving day Wende Devlin When a new family moves in next door, Maggie, Grandmother, and Mr. Whiskers help them feel at home. OL1950150W
Ms. Isabelle Cornell, herself Ms. Isabelle Cornell, herself Carol J. Farley Ibby's unhappiness at moving to Korea with her mother and new chaplain stepfather is alleviated when she meets some new friends, studies Korean and Buddhism, and becomes involved in a baffling myster… OL1950231W
Friends to the rescue Friends to the rescue Doris Orgel Katie is unhappy after she and her mother move in with her very proper grandmother, until she makes friends with Luz Mendes, who makes her feel welcome and teaches her how to rollerblade. OL1957572W
Canadian summer Canadian summer Hilda Van Stockum A family with six children moves to Canada where the only house they can find, a ski hut available for the summer only, provides them with a woods full of animals, adventures and French-Canadian neig… OL2028054W
King Emmett the Second King Emmett the Second Mary Stolz Emmett endures the death of his pet pig and his family's move from New York City to Ohio and finally comes to accept the thought of getting another pet. OL2040514W
Patty and the Pink Princesses Patty and the Pink Princesses Teddy Slater When Patty moves to a new school in the middle of the year, she wants to become one of the Pink Princesses. OL2339619W
Comfort Creek Comfort Creek Joyce McDonald When her father loses his job, eleven-year-old Quinnella and her family move from the security of a company mining town to an uncertain future in rural isolation. OL2621411W
Shrimpboat and gym bags Shrimpboat and gym bags Sheri Cooper Sinykin Bo copes with the pressures of moving from California to Wisconsin, keeping his grades up so that he can remain on the gymnastics team, and competing against a talented but temperamental teammate. In… OL2627380W
Ola Shakes It Up Ola Shakes It Up Joanne Hyppolite Nine-year-old Ola and her family are the first black people to move into Walcott Corners, a stuffy, suburban Massachusetts community that Ola wishes were a little bit more like the lively old Roxbury… OL2669110W
Lily Lily Abigail Thomas Lily, a dog that likes everything in its place and the same activities every day, is scared and upset when moving men come and take everything away. OL2669520W
My nights at the Improv My nights at the Improv Jan Siebold A freshman is afraid of taking risks at her new school, but as she secretly observes an improvisational theater class week after week, she begins to apply its principles to her own life. OL2703800W
Next page